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    "id": 478768,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kembi-Gitura",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Speaker",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 242,
        "legal_name": "James Kembi Gitura",
        "slug": "kembi-gitura"
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    "content": " Sen. Billow Kerrow, I hear you. Unfortunately, Order No.11 was to consider two Bills; the County Allocation of Revenue Bill which is important and the County Governments (Amendment) Bill, Senate Bill No.1 of 2014 which is also important. However, seeing that there is no quorum, the Standing Orders do not allow us to continue to sit in Committee unless we have a threshold of 24. We have to vote by delegation on every amendment. Those are the operations of our own Standing Orders. Whereas we did not fail to vote because of anything else other than the fact that there was no quorum, the Rules and Business Committee can do very little with regard to the issue of quorum. It is the role of the Whips to ensure that there is quorum. Your request is that the matter be prioritized. I can assure you that the Rules and Business Committee will be accordingly informed so that they prioritise the matter. However, without anticipating debate, we have the Motion for extension of time, Order No.12. If it passes, we will deal with it next week."
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